Optical devices used for image analysis of pigmented skin lesions: A proposal for quality assurance protocol using tissue-like phantoms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Lualdi, M ^a   Colombo, A ^a   Carrara, M ^a   Scienza, L ^b   Tomatis, S ^a   Marchesini, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Medical High Technology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED DEVICES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TISSUE;

CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; PHANTOMS; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33846883528     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/N05     Document Type: Article

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